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kula

kula noun: a tower, turret or steeple in Southeastern Europe erected during the period of Ottoman domination on the area.

Noun (1)

kula (plural kulas)

  1. A tower, turret or steeple in Southeastern Europe erected during the period of Ottoman domination on the area.
    • Instead of the haïdooks, their next of kin, the zaptiés now hold a kula on the highest point of the pass; here one pauses to rest after scrambling up the vile Turkish road on one side of the ravine, and before scrambling down the vile Turkish road on the other.1867, Georgina Mary Muir Mackenzie, Lady Georgina Mary Muir Sebright, Mackenzie Sebright, Adeline Paulina Irby, Travels in the Slavonic Provinces of Turkey-in-Europe, pages 107–108
    • The most important kulas of the Čengić-begs are those in Zagorje, in Rataji and the River Odžak near Ustikolina.1998, Adil Zulfikarpašić, Milovan Djilas, Nadežda Gaće, The Bosniak, page 5

Noun (2)

kula (uncountable)

  1. A ceremonial exchange system conducted in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea, involving the exchange of bracelets and necklaces, and linked to political authority.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Kula

Kula (plural Kulas)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Kula

Kula

  1. A census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States.

Noun (3) capitalized: Kula

Kula (plural Kulas)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Kulah (“type of rug”).

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Kula

Kula

  1. A town, a municipality of Vojvodina, Serbia.

Forms of kula

Noun
pluralkulas
pluralKulas
Proper noun
pluralKulas

Origin of kula

From a South Slavic language, from Turkish kule, from Persian قله (qolle), from Arabic قُلَّة (qulla, “pinnacle, zenith”).

From a Melanesian language.

* Slavic origin: as a Czech, Polish, and Slovak surname, see Polish kula (“ball”). * Also as a Czech surname, shortened from Mikuláš, the Czech form of Nicholas. * As a Jewish Belarusian surname, from the placename Kulya.

Phrases with kula

Questions about kula

What does kula mean?
Kula means a tower, turret or steeple in Southeastern Europe erected during the period of Ottoman domination on the area.
What part of speech is kula?
Kula can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of kula?
The plural of kula is kulas.

Words near kula in the dictionary

  1. kukuris
  2. Kukuruku
  3. kukuruz
  4. kukus
  5. Kukës
  6. kula
  7. Kula Norinska
  8. Kulaal
  9. Kulachandra
  10. kulack
  11. kulacks

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